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2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG

2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Simmie Colson
Simmie Colson December 26, 2023 @ 08:31 AM
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Erica Hairston
Erica Hairston 5'10" | SF | 2025
TX
Kamryn McLaurin
Kamryn McLaurin 5'10" | SF | 2025
TX
Ella Nixon
Ella Nixon 6'0" | SF | 2025
TX
Kierston Russell
Kierston Russell 5'10" | SF | 2025
TX
Palyn Reid
Palyn Reid 6'0" | SF | 2025
TX
Lyric Smith
Lyric Smith 6'0" | SF | 2025
TX
Ava Anderson
Ava Anderson 5'10" | SF | 2025
TX
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Turning it up is what these players have done, some just by adding more to their games and one, in particular, making a ferocious comeback after an injury so here are some names you need to know about

Ava Anderson

Ava Anderson

TX
SF
HEIGHT 5'10"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Ava
Anderson SF
Class
2025
Height
5'10"
HS
Lake Creek
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Anderson was already showing me what was coming yet at the PGH Top 250 Expo, I could see...
Written by Simmie Colson
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Ava Anderson

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State: Texas
School: Lake Creek
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Kamryn McLaurin

Kamryn McLaurin

TX
SF
HEIGHT 5'10"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Kamryn
McLaurin SF
Class
2025
Height
5'10"
HS
Clear Brook
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
McLaurin has taken her game to another level and her Peggy Whitley Classic performance spoke volumes. She has...
Written by Simmie Colson
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Kamryn McLaurin

State: Texas
School: Clear Brook
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Ella Nixon

Ella Nixon

TX
SF
HEIGHT 6'0"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Ella
Nixon SF
Class
2025
Height
6'0"
HS
Vista Ridge
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Nixon grabbed my attention a few seasons ago, yeah I love her progression but she is silently filling...
Written by Simmie Colson
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Ella Nixon

State: Texas
School: Vista Ridge
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Palyn Reid

Palyn Reid

TX
SF
HEIGHT 6'0"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Palyn
Reid SF
Class
2025
Height
6'0"
HS
Legion Prep Academy
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Reid was one of the New Faces I caught at the Texas Jamboree and I read her game...
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Palyn Reid

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State: Texas
School: Legion Prep Academy
Club: Proskills Oklahoma
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Kierston Russell

Kierston Russell

TX
SF
HEIGHT 5'10"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Kierston
Russell SF
Class
2025
Height
5'10"
HS
Duncanville
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Russell closed it at The Opening and after watching her performance at the Sandra Meadows Classic last season,...
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Kierston Russell

State: Texas
School: Duncanville
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Lyric Smith

Lyric Smith

TX
SF
HEIGHT 6'0"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Lyric
Smith SF
Class
2025
Height
6'0"
HS
Beaumont Westbrook
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
Smith continues to showing what a factor she is, both with her club team as well as her...
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Lyric Smith

State: Texas
School: Beaumont Westbrook
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Erica Hairston

Erica Hairston

TX
SF
HEIGHT 5'10"
POS SF
CLASS 2025
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Erica
Hairston SF
Class
2025
Height
5'10"
HS
Clear Creek
|
TX
2025 Watch List -Small Forwards Playing BIG
E Riley Hairston should have been on that initial Watchlist for her class yet minor injuries had me...
Written by Simmie Colson
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Erica Hairston

State: Texas
School: Clear Creek
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